Explain why an understanding of students' misconceptions is important in planning, enacting, analyzing, and responding to formative assessment. Choose one common misconception from each of your units and describe a formative assessment strategy that each of you plans to use.
Unit - The mole
Misconception: A mole is a measure of an elements weight
'Truth' - A mole is the number of representitive particles of an element or compound ( 6.022 e23)
How many representative particles are in one mole of Oxygen?
Unit - Global Warming
Misconception: Global Warming only causes 'warming' not cooling
'Truth' - Day after tomorrow
Desribe the relationship between global warming, increased freh water in the ocean ad global cooling?
Unit - Newton's Laws
Misconception: Inertia is a 'real' force
'Truth' - Inertia is a property of matter, not a force. Just say no to aristotle.
One object, mass 100kg is moving at a constant 10 m/s; a second object, mass 100kg is a rest on a frictionles table; which object has more inertia?
Unit - Kinematics
Misconception: Acceleration and velocty have to be pointing in the same direction.
'Truth' - although acceleration and velocity are related, they can in fact point in opposite directions.
An obect is moving at 1 m/s to the right and is slowing down; in what direction is its acceleration?
Unit - The mole
Misconception: A mole is a measure of an elements weight
'Truth' - A mole is the number of representitive particles of an element or compound ( 6.022 e23)
How many representative particles are in one mole of Oxygen?
Unit - Global Warming
Misconception: Global Warming only causes 'warming' not cooling
'Truth' - Day after tomorrow
Desribe the relationship between global warming, increased freh water in the ocean ad global cooling?
Unit - Newton's Laws
Misconception: Inertia is a 'real' force
'Truth' - Inertia is a property of matter, not a force. Just say no to aristotle.
One object, mass 100kg is moving at a constant 10 m/s; a second object, mass 100kg is a rest on a frictionles table; which object has more inertia?
Unit - Kinematics
Misconception: Acceleration and velocty have to be pointing in the same direction.
'Truth' - although acceleration and velocity are related, they can in fact point in opposite directions.
An obect is moving at 1 m/s to the right and is slowing down; in what direction is its acceleration?